Dijksterhuis, A., & van Knippenberg, A. (1998). The relation between perception and behavior, or how to win a game of Trivial Pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 865-877.

Title

No effect on intelligence from priming

If the original article contained multiple experiments, which one did you attempt to replicate? e.g., you might respond 'Study 1' or 'Experiment 4'.

Experiment 4

Link to PDF of Original Report

Brief Statement of Original Result

Student subjects were primed with either a trait (intelligence or stupidity), or a stereotype (professor or hooligan). They then took a test of 20 muliple choice questions based on Trivial Pursuit. Both positive primes raised scores.

Method
Student subjects were randomly assigned to one of 4 cells in a 2x2 design: target (stereotype or trait) x prime direction (intelligent or stupid).

They then were primed by thinking about EITHER a professor or a hooligan, OR the trait of intelligence or stupidity, for 5 min. During this time, they wrote down the behaviours associated with this stereotype or trait.

They then took a test of 20 multiple-choice questions taken from Trivial Pursuit. Demographic data were recorded and they were thankied and debriefed. Subjects were tested in small groups.